Board & Staff
It is with immense gratitude that the URJ recognizes and acknowledges the members of its Executive Board and North American Board of Trustees, led by URJ Chair Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman. Their leadership vision, wisdom, and generosity help guide the URJ in fulfilling our strategic priorities and represent a sacred partnership in Reform Judaism’s holy work.Executive Board
Len Bates, RJCC Ex-Officio Representative
Temple Har Zion, Thornhill, ON
Sharon K. Benoff
Shir Ami, Newtown, PA
Sean Blum
Congregation Beth Chaim, Princeton Junction, NJ
Janice Brumer
Temple B’nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Cary Davidson, URJ Co-Treasurer
Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood, CA
Isabel (Liz) P. Dunst
Temple Sinai, Washington, DC
David B. Edelson, HUC-JIR Ex-Officio Non-Voting Representative
Central Synagogue, New York, NY
Steven Fadem
Beth Emet The Free Synagogue, Evanston, IL
Cantor Claire Franco, ACC Ex-Officio Non-Voting Representative
The Community Synagogue, Port Washington, NY
Vivian Gealer, URJ District Chair West
Temple Emanuel of Tempe, Tempe, AZ
Jay Gellman, URJ District Chair South
Temple Beth Orr, Coral Springs, FL
Roberta Franco Glick, URJ District Chair East
Temple Chaverim, Plainview, NY
Jill Goodman
Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany, NY
Alec Harris, URJ Co-Treasurer
Chicago Sinai Congregation, Chicago, IL
Susan Friedberg Kalson
Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman, URJ Chair
Congregation B’nai Israel, Sacramento, CA
Robin Kosberg, URJ Vice Chair
Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, TX
Marc Landis
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, New York, NY
Harry Levy IV, URJ Vice Chair
Temple Beth El, San Antonio, TX
Susan Longo
North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL
Dr. Daryl Messinger, Ex-Officio Representative URJ Immediate Past Chair
Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA
Shelley Niceley Groff, URJ Vice Chair
Temple Beth Sholom, Miami Beach, FL
Rabbi Hara Person, CCAR Ex-Officio Non-Voting Representative
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY
Taneisha (Tani) Prell
Congregation Etz Chaim, Lombard, IL
Michael Price
Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT
Steve Pruzan
Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle, WA
Wendy Rhodes, URJ Vice Chair
Makom Solel Lakeside, Highland Park, IL
Elkan Scheidt
Temple Israel, Memphis, TN
Heidi J. Segal
Temple Israel, Los Angeles, CA
Andy B. Shafran, URJ District Chair Central
Congregation Beth Tikvah, Worthington, OH
Dr. Pekka R. Sinervo
Temple Emanu-El, Toronto, ON
Dr. Steven E. Weitz
Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough, NJ
North American Board
- Dr. Tom Abelson
- Michael Adler
- Meryl Alalof
- Rita Appel
- Noa Apple
- David Astrove
- Rabbi Nicole Auerbach
- Diane Baer
- Marisa Baggett
- Jeffrey Bank
- Jonathan Baron
- Marjorie Baron
- David Baskin
- Len Bates
- Sharon Benoff
- Rabbi Sergio Bergman
- Samantha Berinsky
- Stephen Berman
- Austin Beutel
- Ellen Bittner
- Fredi Bleeker Franks
- Rabbi Barry Block
- Sean Blum
- Todd Brecher
- Jadwiga Brown
- Janice Brumer
- Janet Buckstein
- Andrea Cannon
- Dr. Sara Charney
- James Cherney
- Clare Clarke
- Ronald Cohen
- Seth Cohen
- Skylar Cohen
- Ronnie Cohn
- Cary Davidson
- Michael Davis
- Phyllis Denaburg
- Steve Derringer
- Harris Diamond
- Martin Dodd
- Marlene Dodinval
- David Donchin
- Derek Dorn
- Patricia Dorson
- Gina Drangel
- Isabel Dunst
- David Edelson
- Robin Eisenberg
- Laurie Elmets
- Dr. Andrew Engel
- Barry Epstein
- Jan Epstein
- Ross Erlebacher
- Steven Fadem
- Dr. Howard Fagin
- Loree Farrar
- Mitchell Faust
- Anne Feinberg
- Jack Feldman
- Rabbi Marla Feldman
- Dr. Deborah Fernandez-Turner
- Morton Finkelstein
- Alan Fishman
- Shae Fitzgerald
- James Fleckner
- Ellen Fox-Snider
- Cantor Claire Franco
- Prof. Sally Frank
- Rabbi Daniel Freelander
- Dr. Michael Freidman
- Barry Friedfertig
- Vivian Gealer
- Jay Gellman
- Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz
- Dan Gilbert
- Tricia Ginis
- Joseph Glass
- Roberta Glick
- Amy Glickman
- Elizabeth Goertzel
- Richard Goldberg
- Suzanne Goldenkranz
- Katherine Goldgeier
- Allan Goldman
- Jill Goodman
- Judith Goozh
- Julie Gordon
- Robert Gordon
- Ilene Greene
- Cara Greenstein
- Dan Grossman
- Alec Harris
- Chaim Harrison
- Kareen Hartwig
- Robert Heller
- Micaela Hellman-Tincher
- Robert Himmelstein
- Sue Hochberg
- Tom Hoffman
- Alan Iselin
- Rabbi Rick Jacobs
- Elliott Jacobson
- Emily Jennewein
- Daniel Jeydel
- Dr. Melissa Johnson
- Bruce Josephy
- Marisa Kaiser
- Susan Kalson
- Rabbi Lewis Kamrass
- Dr. Alan Kaplan
- Fern Katz
- Aaron Kaufman
- Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman
- Virginia Keller
- Michael Klau
- Sara Klein
- Charles Koplik
- Sasha Kopp
- Lilli Kornblum
- Robin Kosberg
- Kenneth Kramer
- Judy Kule
- Marc Landis
- Robert Langsfeld
- Evely Laser Shlensky
- Michael Laufer
- Lynn Lazar
- Kerry Leaf
- Norman Leopold
- Dr. Paul Leszner
- Jay Levine
- Harry Levy
- Marjorie Levy
- Mark Levy
- Amy Lipeles
- Rabbi Janet Liss
- Cynthia Livingston
- Susan Longo
- Dr. Davia Loren
- Anna Lushtak
- Michael Luskin
- Luise Mann
- Janet Marion
- Paula Markovitz
- Richard Markowitz
- Blair Marks
- Lenore Mass
- Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin
- Marc Maxwell
- Philip Meltzer
- Paul Mengert
- Dr. Daryl Messinger
- Nancy Michaels
- Bruce Miller
- Gregory Miller
- Lori Miller Pike
- Francie Miran
- Lev Mosbacher
- Judge Geraldine Mund
- Shelley Niceley Groff
- William Norman
- Lois Nyren
- Mark Oster
- Elliot Paull
- Debra Perlin
- Rabbi Hara Person
- Rabbi Jonah Pesner
- Lynn Phillips
- Jason Plotkin
- Dr. Ellen Plum
- Joseph Pollak
- Frank Ponder
- Steven Portnoy
- Linda Posner
- Jennifer Povman
- Taneisha Prell
- Michael Price
- Steve Pruzan
- Ziva Raney
- Liya Rechtman
- Dr. Andrew Rehfeld
- Wendy Rhodes
- Rabbi Stacy Rigler
- Lynn Ritvo
- Karen Rivo
- Scott Roseman
- Avra Rosen
- Dr. Robert Rosenberg
- Dr. Michael Ross
- Rachel Roth
- Charles Rothschild
- Hank Rouda
- Richard Rubenstein
- Lois Rubin
- Samuel Rubin
- Stephen Sacks
- Scott Sager
- Maggie Samen
- Lisa Samick
- David Sampliner
- Mark Sass
- Rachel Schachter
- Zachary Schaffer
- Elkan Scheidt
- Rabbi Stanley Schickler
- Dr. Russ Schultz
- Mark Schwartz
- Heidi Segal
- Andy Shafran
- Rabbi Barton Shallat
- Stephen Sherman
- Russell Silverman
- Karen Sim
- Dr. Donald Simon
- Mike Sims
- Dr. Pekka Sinervo
- Ralph Sinsheimer
- Tema Smith
- Laurie Sobelman
- Adam Sobol
- Michael Solka
- Jerome Somers
- Jonah Spector
- Carole Sterling
- David Strauss
- Gale Swartz
- Michelle Tandowsky
- Jane Taves
- Leonard Teitelbaum
- Rabbi Lennard Thal
- Iris Vanek
- Geraldine Voit
- Julie Waltzer
- Cantor Seth Warner
- Michael Waxman
- Peter Weidhorn
- Gayle Weil
- Rachel Weinberg
- Nordin Weinberger
- Maya Weinstein
- Barbara Lee Weisser
- Dr. Steven Weitz
- Ann Wenger
- Thomas Wiener
- Dolores Wilkenfeld
- Peter Winik
- Steven Wolf
- Prof. Jeremy Wolfe
- Rabbi Eric Yoffie
- Terry Yoffie
URJ Executive Team
The URJ Executive Team is made up of senior-level staff in areas such as youth, social justice, engaging new participants in Jewish life, strengthening congregations, finance, philanthropy, technology, and beyond; this skilled, collaborative group is responsible for developing and strategizing the priorities, processes, and structures of the Reform Movement. Learn more about our executive team and their ongoing work to strengthen Reform Jewish life.